Activities of Francisco GUERREIRO related to 2023/2015(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION European protein strategy
Amendments (19)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to recognise, in the European pProtein sStrategy, the strategic role of the fisheries and aquaculture sectors as suppliers of marine- derived protein of the highest quality withand one of the lowest carbon footprints, with plant-based protein having the lowest one;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the ceontral roleibution of fisheries and fishery products in ensuring food security and in any nutritional strategy based on healthy and high-quality protein; considers it therefore necessary to strengthen the competitiveness of the European fisheries and aquaculture sectors as suppliers of the highest quality food with among the best sustainability standards worldwide in order, to strengthen sustainable practices and to improve the management of fish stocks to reduce the EU’s growincreasing dependence on importsy on imports, including the imports of fish oils and fishmeal; stresses also the importance of banning the imports of all fisheries products from Russia in the context of the war of aggression against Ukraine;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission report ‘strategic guidelines for a more sustainable and competitive EU aquaculture’,
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the efforts of the European fishing sector to improve the state of stocks at EU level; emphasises, in this regard, the need for continued efforts to fish sustainably and minimise the impact on marine ecosystems in order to guarantee healthy stocks and oceans in the future, as this sector plays an essential role in ensuring European food sovereignty;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increarecognise the role of fishery and aquaculture products in their nutritional policies and programmes, in particular by promoting their consumption among specific groups, such as young people, or in programmes aimed at tackling specific nutritional deficiencieshighlighting the scientific advice such as from the World Health Organisation regarding the consumption of aquatic food;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that current food production and consumption patterns need to change in order for the EU to foster a sustainable food system, as highlighted in the Farm to Fork Strategy;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to use the Plant Protein Strategy to incentivise a broader human consumption of plant protein, reducing pressure from the fishing sector and on the oceans, in line with the Union’s environmental commitments such as the Paris Agreement, the European Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy; highlights the relevance that EU Public Procurement rules may have in promoting dietary habits that are more sustainable;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of reducing discards as a means of avoiding food waste; highlights in this regard the importance of fully implementing the Landing Obligation as outlined in the CFP and favouring fishing techniques that avoid and reduce, as far as possible, unwanted catches; reiterates, in this regard, the call from its resolution of 18 May 20211 for commercial and/or charitable opportunities to be identified to make the best possible use of those unavoidable or unwanted catches below the minimum conservation reference size; _________________ 1 European Parliament resolution of 18 May 2021 on securing the objectives of the landing obligation under Article 15 of the Common Fisheries Policy, OJ C 15, 12.1.2022, p. 9.
Amendment 55 #
5a. Highlights the importance of improving information in labelling for the clarity of consumers; welcomes the Commission’s intention expressed in the Farm to Fork Strategy to extend the requirement for a mandatory origin or provenance indications to additional products; calls on the Commission to extend the mandatory rules of origin especially to all fresh, frozen and processed meat, seafood and aquaculture products proposed to consumers in every condition, including in restaurants and canteens and indicating the place where and how the animal was born, raised or caught, slaughtered, and also the origin of the feed given;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. WStresses that further development and sustainable innovation in the field of plant protein production and alternative sources of protein in the EU, such as algae, is a way of effectively addressing many of the environmental and climate challenges that the EU is facing, as well as preventing deforestation, biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation in countries outside the EU and reducing Europe’s current dependence regarding its supply of plant protein; welcomes the Commission communication of 15 November 2022 entitled ‘Towards a Strong and Sustainable EU Algae Sector’2; points out that algae and microalgae can represent an important complementary and alternative source of protein in sustainable food production and global food security and calls on the Commission to include this untapped potential in the European protein strategy. ; highlights that a more diversified use of alternative sources of plant protein for animal feed, such as algae, must not serve to justify a further intensification of animal production; _________________ 2 COM(2022)0592.
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that to meet current and future EU food demand in a sustainable way, the diversification of sources of protein plays a vital role; highlights that the Plant Protein Strategy is an opportunity with a broad potential to leverage the sustainability of the EU food system and food sovereignty when it comes to human food and animal feed;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Highlights the need to improve aquatic animal welfare as they are sentient beings capable of feeling pain like terrestrial animals, highlights further that healthy fish also produce safer food for consumers as higher welfare implies fewer diseases and parasites, having therefore the potential to reduce the use of antibiotics and consequently anti- microbial resistance (AMR), and that higher welfare also sustains healthier ecosystems and ensures the conservation of species;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the Commission to recommend Member States against the industrialisation of cephalopod production, given the need to counter the intensification of animal production not only for animal welfare reasons, but also to ensure that the Union’s food system is aligning itself with the agreed environmental goals; highlights that, as alerted by the scientific community, particularly in response to recent plans to open the first octopus farm, these animals are extremely intelligent and sensitive creatures whose welfare would be severely harmed by such keeping conditions;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas it is important to adopt a value chain approach in order to create added value for plant-based protein sources for human consumption;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that developing the production of plant and alternative sources of protein for food in the EU is an effective way of addressing many of the environmental and climate challenges that the EU faces;
Amendment 377 #
(a) Stresses that the creation of favourable food environments, where plant-based protein for food is accessible and affordable, drives market demand and supports the production of more plant-based protein for human consumption;
Amendment 441 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 16 – point 1 (new)
(1) Recognises the relevance of hemp as alternative sustainable protein crop and the need to establish harmonized rules at the EU level facilitating its farming and transformation into food;
Amendment 542 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for more research and development into plant-based and alternative proteins for food;
Amendment 662 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point viii
Paragraph 32 – point viii
viii. A combination of common agricultural policy rules that provide a stable framework, flexible management practices and incentives for the production of protein-rich crops, grassland andlant-based protein for food such as legumes;